Sticks, Stones, and the Secular Bones of Indian Democracy

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2020-03-10 DOI:10.17351/ests2020.393

M. B. Haines, S. Sarkar

引用次数: 2

Abstract

While being inspired by the compelling social protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens in India, the authors of this critical engagement argue that now, more than ever, is time to reflect on the nature of secularism that is being invoked by nonviolent protesters. What can a focus on lathi -wielding and stone-throwing, all low technologies of governance, tell us about the practices and challenges of liberal democracy in India? This piece excavates a brief history of the lathi and stone-pelting to show what kinds of "illiberal" protests are deemed aesthetically pleasing and palatable to elites in India and abroad, which ones are not, and the dangers of this kind of exclusion with respect to new forms of Islamophobia.

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棍子、石头和印度民主的世俗骨头

尽管受到了印度反对《公民身份修正法案》和《国家公民登记册》的强烈社会抗议的启发，但这一批判性参与的作者认为，现在比以往任何时候都更应该反思非暴力抗议者所援引的世俗主义的本质。关注挥舞车床和扔石头，这些都是低技术的治理，能告诉我们印度自由民主的实践和挑战吗？这篇文章挖掘了拉提和扔石头的简史，以展示什么样的“非自由”抗议活动在美学上被印度和国外的精英们认为是令人愉快和愉快的，哪些不是，以及这种排斥对新形式的伊斯兰恐惧症的危险。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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